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title: 'I bought CURSED Tech from Temu'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=gXnjx9zAEMQ'
video_id: 'gXnjx9zAEMQ'
date: 2026-06-13
duration_sec: 1314
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# I bought CURSED Tech from Temu

> Source: [I bought CURSED Tech from Temu](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gXnjx9zAEMQ)

## Summary

In this video, the host explores bizarre and questionable tech items from Temu, including an ultrasound machine for livestock, red light therapy pants, and a Counter-Strike bomb replica. The video blends humor with genuine product testing, revealing both surprisingly decent finds and outright failures.

### Key Points

- **HTC Licensed Headphones** [03:45] — Open-back headphones licensed by HTC but made by Shenzhen Brands World Technology. Sound quality is terrible, described as 'listening to Daft Punk on a 1960s Ford F-150 pickup truck radio.' Cost $25, but reviewer says they are $18 too expensive.
- **Temu Ultrasound Machine** [06:57] — A real ultrasound machine purchased for $714, intended for checking pregnancy in livestock. The team attempts to use it on a crew member, but struggles with lack of lubrication and proper operation. The host warns that such devices should not be easily available.
- **Red Light Therapy Pants** [09:46] — Pants with built-in red light (660nm) and vibration motors, intended for therapeutic benefits. Cost $64. The host wears them and describes the sensation as 'sitting on a damn motorcycle.' The product is considered unhinged but functional.
- **DualSense External Battery** [12:53] — An 1800mAh battery pack that snaps onto the back of a PlayStation DualSense controller, providing an extra 10 hours of battery life. Cost $13. The host recommends it as a practical solution to the controller's poor battery life.
- **USB-C Lighter** [14:35] — A portable cigarette lighter that plugs into a phone's USB-C port. It only lasts 8 seconds per use. The team successfully lights paper on fire, but the product is deemed disappointing overall.
- **E-Badge Digital Pin** [16:00] — A small screen pin that can display GIFs or images, controlled via an app. Cost $14. The team uploads a picture of a crew member's face and an 'uwu' image. The product works well and is considered worth the price.
- **Shoulder and Neck Massager** [18:21] — A massager with robotic hands that wraps around the neck. Cost $18. Despite its odd appearance, the host finds it surprisingly effective and comfortable, calling it one of the best Temu finds.
- **Counter-Strike Bomb Replica** [20:40] — A replica of the C4 bomb from Counter-Strike, with a working keypad and screen. The team enters the code 7355 (or similar) and it plays the bomb defusal music. The product is described as one of the coolest Temu items.

### Conclusion

Temu offers a mix of surprisingly useful items (like the neck massager and DualSense battery) and utterly ridiculous ones (red light pants, ultrasound machine). While some products are worth the low price, others are best avoided.

## Transcript

- Welcome back to Temu, my friends,
where we are going to be looking
for some of the more
interesting items on the site.
Normally, I try to find
some good tech, but (bleep).
A digital badge.
It's a little badge
you can pin on yourself
to put apparently a bunch
of anime girls on your,
it's called an E-badge.
I want a little bit of uwu on my shirt.
What, is that weird?
- Yes.
- What's weird about that?
That seems totally reasonable.
"The U.S. Armed Forces Nuclear Biological
and Chemical Survival
Manual" by Dick Couch.
What the (bleep) is this?
A dual head eye wash station.
Brother, uh, no, thank you.
Oh my God, what the (bleep) what?
It's a USB-C lighter that
you plug into your phone.
I don't think that that-
- That's sick.
- I don't think that that-
- Could work.
- Okay, we'll go with it.
Red light underpants? (laughs)
- Yeah.
Yeah, who needs magnetism
when you have red lights
directly on yours?
- I feel like Temu
is taking my junk a
little too literally here.
- [Alex] The real answer
is we should find out.
- No, we're not!
- Yeah.
- No.
With that, my friends, I think
we have everything we need
and probably a little bit
more to take a closer look
to see exactly what crazy
nonsense Temu has got us today.
So my friends, we have got ourselves
a bountiful harvest of stuff from Temu
and whatever the hell's
going on over here.
Why do you look like you are like
a reject from Doc Brown's
school of being a nerd?
- Mr. Emmett Brown.
- [Austin] Good, love the accent too.
- Was a student of mine.
- No, this is, my friends,
a high quality bit of Temu attire.
All right, time to change, my friends.
Whoa!
- Oh my God.
- It's me!
I don't actually totally hate this.
It's actually not as low
quality as I thought.
- I'm not gonna lie, despite
you looking like an idiot.
- Thanks.
- The outfit's pretty bad too.
(Alex laughing)
- Okay.
- But it looks comfy.
- How much did I pay for my Temu fit?
- [Alex] You paid $9.50.
- Oh, $9?
- $9.50
to look like a billionaire
is a very good price.
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That's a pretty good deal if you ask me.
Here's the thing, we gotta get serious
about some tech over here,
and I got just the solution.
Behold, my friends, HTC headphones.
Now, you might go, "HTC
headphones, who cares, whatever."
These are a little different.
These are, I don't know what to call it,
like open headphones would be,
I guess, my best description.
So we took a look at a product
for Mystery Tech a while back.
It was this Japanese pair of headphones
that basically, they're
essentially like speaker drivers
that go like towards your ears,
but they're actually fully open.
If you take a close look
at the back of the box,
these are actually not made by HTC.
Instead, it is made by Shenzhen
Brands World Technology
and they licensed the HTC logo.
When I thought these
were a real HTC product,
I'm like, "Oh, they might be good."
Now I'm thinking they're probably
just some generic knockoff.
They just license it.
- I mean, I can already
tell you that they're terrible.
- You can?
- You know as soon
as that plastic's there, it's terrible.
- That's, honestly, that's not wrong.
Well, I will say, they
don't feel terrible.
So it's got this sort of
like little metal headband,
which you can open and close it.
- [Ken] Those look more
comfortable in these.
- It's not bad.
I mean, it's a little, oh,
they sound a little cheapy.
So essentially, it's like if you just made
a normal pair of headphones
but got rid of all the
middle headphones stuff.
So like I can hear 100%
fine, but let's actually see
what it's like to listen
to these headphones.
- [Ken] Oh, you can definitely hear that.
- [Alex] Oh yeah, we can hear that
all the way from here very clearly.
- I'll say it's not as aggressive
as I thought it would be.
I've turned it.
This is like a relatively elevated volume.
- [Alex] Really?
Okay, that's not bad.
- Do you wanna be sad and listen
to how bad these headphones are?
That actually is like,
they've massacred my boy.
- That is like listening to Daft Punk
on a 1960s Ford F-150
(Austin laughing)
pickup truck radio.
- Yeah.
I'm not gonna lie, those are
some of the worst-sounding
headphones I've ever heard.
And that includes like
$5 pairs of headphones.
To be fair to these headphones,
you know, I don't really
feel like they deserve it.
They're way cheaper.
So the original's like 300 bucks.
These HTCs were how much?
- [Alex] $25.
- That is $18 too expensive.
Hey, if anyone from HTC is watching,
cancel the license to whoever you let
put your beautiful logo
on these piles of garbage.
That is, $25 is outrageous.
Like these sound bad.
I think this is an item that
I'm not going to describe.
Merely, I'm going to present to you,
and Matt, I want you to try
to figure out what it is.
I think, you, dressed as you are.
We'll figure it out.
But it's the fact that
you can buy this on Temu
is truly incredible to me.
For the record, Matt doesn't
know why he's dressed this way.
We just asked him to put on the,
you don't have a limp.
Why are you walking with a limp? (laughs)
(all laughing)
- Okay, we got some sort of briefcase.
- I'm so excited for this right now.
(glass breaking)
- Some sort of locking mechanism.
- It's a fancy item 'cause you can tell
it comes in a real actual case.
Matthew, what are you
looking at right now?
- Case.
- Well, what's inside the case?
I'll take the paperwork.
You don't need to look at the paperwork.
- [Matt] Oh boy.
- [Ken] Is that an umbilical cord?
- You're really, really close.
- You're getting there.
- The rumors are true.
We bought a whole ass legitimate
real ultrasound machine on Temu. (laughs)
- [Ken] Oh my God.
- Now, the recommended use of this
is to check on the
pregnancy of your livestock.
So if you got some sheep or
some moose perhaps. (laughs)
- Who's herd breeding mooses?
- You just aren't hardcore enough.
Wait, Alex, did you get the lube?
- [Alex] No, I thought you
were supposed to get the lube.
- Damn it, I hate when this happens.
- [Alex] Oh, it's running.
- Okay, here.
- We need more lube.
- I can't see.
Get up here, get up here.
We're gonna do some tummy time.
- [Alex] Can someone
please read the paperwork?
(crew laughing)
You did that a little too easy.
- Okay, we'll get that there.
All right, here we go.
- And we can see.
- Aha, so cold.
I don't think we're doing this right.
- Wait, I found your belly button.
- [Austin] Dude, there's nothing
on this screen right now.
- There's something.
- You are not a medical provisioned
licensed board physician, are you?
Will someone, can we get something
resembling lubrication, please?
(Matt hissing)
- No! (laughs)
What is that, what did you find in there?
- Oh, come on.
- No.
- Basically the same thing.
(Austin laughing)
- (laughs) No.
- [Alex] Oh no, this is bad.
- Oh, yo! (laughs)
(Ken laughing)
Okay, we got it.
- That's impressive.
- There you go.
- Oh my-
- That a gurgle?
- Okay.
- There you go.
- What are you seeing in there?
What are you seeing in there?
- There's the head.
(Austin laughing)
- Is this why I'm dressed like this?
- [Alex] (laughs) Yes.
- [Adriana] I mean, you're a professional.
- So can we all just establish the fact
that this is probably
not a good idea to buy,
and that dingus YouTubers like ourselves
should not be able to buy these things?
But if you did wanna buy one like we did,
how much do we pay for our
Temu ultrasound machine?
- [Alex] This is by far,
this is probably one of our most expensive
things we've ever gotten in Temu.
We paid $714.
- What?
The ultrasounds, they
don't make themselves.
- [Ken] This thing looks like a LeapFrog.
- [Alex] Kinda.
- I wish that I had better news for you,
but I'm sorry to say that this item
is significantly more unhinged
than what you've just seen.
- [Ken] Wait, wait! (laughs)
How is that possible?
- You can't just tee up.
The other one as the most
unhinged and then be like,
"Bye, take care."
- I wish, no,
how is this more unhinged than-
- Brother, brother, if
I was capping right now,
I wish I was.
This is the actually worst item
we've ever bought from Temu.
This is-
- Ah!
- Wait, what?
Wait.
- Red light therapy
massage pants.
(speaking indistinctly)
(all laughing)
Points.
- [Ken] What could you possibly be getting
right now that's relevant?
- Oh my God.
This is even more terrifying
because Matt probably has like-
- He's got something.
- He's gonna one up
you somehow.
- "So how does it work?" you might ask.
Great question.
I've got the answer for
you on the back of the box.
Red light therapy is a 660
nanometer wavelength of light
to stimulate cellular
repair and rejuvenation,
providing therapeutic
benefits for the skin
and overall health.
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no.
You get him outta here.
- Yeah, buddy.
- You get him outta here.
I hate to say this,
he looks like he needs
to be blown. (laughs)
(air hissing)
- [Matt] I forgot that I gave
it a little bow tie. (laughs)
- So it's got quite the
configuration of, wow.
Is this a diaper?
- [Alex] It is.
- Why is-
- It's a pull-up.
- Look.
- Wait, wait, I don't know.
I don't know about that, chief.
- Hold on a second.
Where does this go?
- [Alex] You know exactly where it goes.
- No, yeah.
I will say it's doing you a lot of favors.
- [Ken] Wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, Austin.
- Is everyone ready to experience this?
'Cause we're-
- We're experiencing (bleep).
- Experiencing it together, friends.
- Oh, no.
- So I'm gonna
power it up first, so we've got power,
we've got vibrate time and temperature.
Jesus.
- Whoa.
- [Matt] Whoa!
- [Alex] We can hear that from here.
That's some pretty powerful
vibration.
- Wow.
That's a lot of vibration, brother.
So let me show you what
this is on the inside.
- [Matt] Oh my God, many times now.
- Basically, what you've got
here is a series of LEDs,
which apparently punch through fabric.
And maybe you're supposed
to wear this naked.
- [Alex] Yeah, you are.
- Yeah, 100%.
- Yeah.
'Cause look at it, it's suede.
It's supposed to be comfortable.
- [Ken] Also, why isn't it RGB?
- [Austin] So we've got two
vibration motors right here,
and then one right here, one right here.
And then that's it.
- Oh, okay.
- I'm in a sharing mood.
Does anyone wanna try it?
- I'll do it.
- [Austin] Hell, yeah, let's go, boy!
- Holy (bleep).
(both laughing)
What the, I feel like I'm taking off.
- It is, it's like you're
sitting on a damn motorcycle.
It's probably the best
way I can describe it.
So I hate to ask, how much
is the red light underpants?
- [Matt] In dollars or dignity?
- Well, the dignity's been gone
for about seven minutes now.
- [Alex] We paid $64,
but you know what?
- $64?
That's a lot of money, what?
- [Alex] How can you
put a price on health?
- Okay, so now that you
have fully strapped up,
do you think this is worth
whatever the 60-something dollars we paid?
- [Matt] I can't hear you
over how loud that is.
- My left pec thinks it's a
really, really good investment.
- [Alex] (laughs) What?
- I don't know that...
I feel like this video has been full
of a bunch of nonsense and silly behavior.
Why don't we get this thing
back on track with this?
This should be an actual
article of technology
that might just make your life better.
- [Matt] The Gofo?
- No, that's the name
of the shipping company.
- Gofo!
- Gofo yourself.
- Gofo, we try to deliver at 11:00 PM.
Oh my God, why is he back there?
So this is an external
battery for your DualSense.
The thing is, this is a great controller,
but I will say the number one
problem with the DualSense
is the battery life is dog doo-doo.
So to get ready for what you can do
is you take this guy and you literally
just snap it on the back.
28%, and the controller's charging, yeah.
Immediately, you can see
that the controller's litten up.
It's supposed to give you an
additional 1.4 to two hour,
oh, an extra 10 hours of battery.
It's an 1800 milliamp-hour battery,
which I believe is actually
bigger than the battery
inside the DualSense.
How much did we pay for our DualSense
Battery-O-Matic 9,000?
- [Alex] We paid $13.
- [Matt] $13, and you could use it
as a battery bank for your phone.
- I don't know that you should
do that, but that seems-
- [Matt] Just 'cause you shouldn't
doesn't mean you couldn't.
- Yeah.
- Now that we got the
real tech outta the way,
let's get back to some nonsense, shall we?
- [Alex] That was the
one piece that's real.
- [Matt] That was the one palate cleanser.
- [Alex] Yeah, that was
like actual consumer advice.
- It was consumer advice,
I just had to get that
outta my system.
- Genuinely concerned.
- So this is-
- [Matt] Nothing.
Nothing, they're literally nothing.
- Did our item fall out?
'Cause this is the way
it was shipped, right?
- Yeah.
- Did an item fall out?
The keychain for your
USB-C lighter's in there,
but not the actual thing.
- It's almost like Denki
also did a Temu video,
and I may or may not have
one in the mailbox right now.
- [Austin] Can you get it?
- I'll see if it's there.
(Austin laughing)
- Okay, is this really
the way it showed up,
like falling apart?
- Yeah.
- Like, can we just point out the fact
that this is supposed to be down here,
and it just slides up and
then just falls apart?
- [Ken] Yeah.
- Well, thank you for
the donation, my friend.
Oh, it actually even tells you
it's a portable cigarette lighter.
They're not being subtle at all.
I guess let's go outside
and see what happens
when we use our phone to
light things on fire. (laughs)
So what we're gonna do is we're
gonna attempt to use this.
So before plugging into the phone,
I have procured myself some paper,
which I will bestow upon you, my friend.
- Are we gonna take some
of those nice plants
and put them in the paper?
- No, no, no, no.
We're not gonna roll anything.
We're just gonna test it, okay?
So this is gonna be pretty quick.
Says it's only gonna
last for eight seconds.
Everybody ready?
Oh, I see a little red.
- Oh.
- It's lighting up.
No, no, get the edge, the edge, the edge.
The corner.
- I can't see.
Like yeah.
- Oh, oh, wait, wait, wait.
It's actually lighting a little bit.
- Now I want marshmallows.
- I mean,
that's actually really burned.
Like you've got that thing
going a little bit right now.
Well surprise surprise.
Something from Temu was disappointing.
- If you excuse me, I'm gonna go
and red light therapy myself.
- So here's the thing.
We are continuing the same day.
No one can tell the difference.
That's why I have a haircut-
- That's I wear black shirt
everyday.
- And they have totally
different clothes on, but other than that-
- There's a good chance we're
wearing the exact same outfit.
- This one, this one's for Ken.
- Oh.
- I think something
that you're going to absolutely
despise and hate immediately
or take to your next con.
- [Ken] My next, oh, it's anime-related.
- Bing bing E-badge.
- Wait, wait!
Oh, I've always wanted one of these.
- [Austin] He likes it, okay, cool.
- Wait, wait, no, no, no.
I do have a use for this.
It's not gonna be for,
hold on, wait, wait.
- So it's always a 50-50 of either
this is something that's
gonna be offensive to Ken
or he is gonna be like,
"Hell, yeah, let's go."
- Explain what it is.
- Yes.
- [Ken] And I'll be right back.
- So this is a little badge.
It's got a screen on it.
So the idea is that you
can load up like a GIF
or something and wear it around.
So it's designed, or at least the way
they kinda advertised it is,
like if you're going to a con,
you have like your
favorite character playing
or whatever the case is.
- [Alex] I don't know what Ken brought
has to do with this pin.
- Is that a wheel?
What are you bringing a wheel for?
- I'm so confused.
- So I've actually-
- Did you take the wheel
off of your actual car?
- Yes.
So I've actually been looking at these
little screen pin things,
'cause I've been trying
to figure out what to put
where my horn button is.
- So for reference, this is
not like a simulator wheel.
This is an actual wheel
that he went downstairs
and took off his car
to bring back upstairs.
- [Alex] Which means that if we take it,
he can't drive home.
- Yeah, he can't drive home.
I need to download the SuperBand app.
Oh hello.
- [Ken] It sounds like a 99-cent alarm.
- [Matt] Oh my God.
- I guess we just throw a photo at it.
- [Austin] Take another photo of sad Matt.
- Upload.
- Upload.
- [Ken] Oop.
- Yeah, we got it.
- Oh!
That was so fast.
- It's me, Matt's number one fan.
- Wait, hold on, wait,
I wanna try something-
- Right where my heart, where it belongs.
- I think some people are
gonna fight you for that.
Uwu!
- Are you about to send that to my badge?
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay, all right.
- [Ken] Here it comes.
Uploading to the device.
- Uwu!
(all laughing)
- Oh my God.
- Uwu!
(laughter continues)
- It works really well.
- Actually.
- This actually, I will say,
is actually like legitimately good.
The screen is solid.
The app at least worked
for you, unlike me.
How much was our E-badge, uwu edition?
- [Alex] It was $14.
- Actually, that's totally worth 14 bucks.
It has been a long and stressful day.
I, I don't know about
you, am tired of dealing
with the stress of taking
a look at stuff from Temu.
Are you kidding me?
This is supposed to be my job?
Ugh!
Well, luckily, I have a solution.
This is a shoulder and neck massager.
- [Matt] I told you I'm
not doing that anymore.
- Well, you know, you say it.
Wait until you see what
this thing looks like.
This, we might have to censor this one.
- [Ken] Wait, what, wait.
Huh?
Wait why?
Whoa!
- Wait!
(Austin laughing)
- [Austin] It's like little hands.
- [Matt] Why does it (bleep) hands?
- Massage, I must!
(all laughing)
- You put it around your neck like this.
- [Ken] This is amazing content.
- It is one of the things.
So I know where this goes.
- Wait, other way, other way.
You have it upside down.
- What?
- Yeah.
- The hands
have to be right here.
(Ken laughing)
- Sorry, what?
- I didn't know you were-
I didn't know you were-
- Gently being choked.
- Oh.
- I didn't know
you were into that, Austin.
That's crazy.
- Okay, can someone turn me on?
- [Alex] Well, whoa.
- [Ken] Why are you bending for this?
- Wait, no, no, no.
I'm supposed to push it.
- [Alex] Okay, just don't
think about anything.
- Just think about Barry Manilow.
(Matt speaking indistinctly)
Think about Barry Manilow.
Ah!
Ahh!
What?
- An immediate-
- It's not good to look at,
but like honestly, it's pretty good.
Who wants to try it?
- [Matt] You ever wish you got massaged
by a little turtle man?
(all laughing)
- Oh my God, what the (bleep)?
Wait, that's a lot.
Wait ooh.
It looks like it's trying to escape now.
(all laughing)
- How much did we pay for this
neck and shoulder massager,
which is quite lovely?
- [Alex] Well, we paid $18.
- This is only 18 bucks?
- That's actually not-
- Bro, I'm not exaggerating.
We try a lot of these health
and beauty nonsense things.
Almost all of them are bad.
This feels great.
This item is one of the coolest things
I've ever seen on Temu.
Now, I was afraid almost
all of our other Temu items
showed up relatively quickly.
This one took weeks to
show up, but we waited,
'cause I was ready to see this in person.
Now, there were some problems,
I think, with the shipment,
which will become very apparent
when you take a look at what this item is.
Ooooh okay okay okay.
Oh, it looks good!
It looks good.
This, my friends, is the
bomb from Counter-Strike.
- What the hell, man?
(Austin laughing)
- What?
Dude, I'm not exaggerating.
Look at this thing.
It's got an actual like
working keypad, screen.
Obviously, the C4, not actually real C4,
but as far as like looking
like the real thing.
In fact, I think, yep.
Yo, let's go.
Wait, hold on.
- Okay.
- I should know this.
I feel like I should know this.
- It's 8008.
- 5, hang on, no.
567-
- 309?
- 8309.
(device beeping)
Wait, what do we do now?
Should someone be defending right now?
Should we run?
Subscribe to the channel.
Ring-a-ling the ding-a-ling button.
Check out some other videos here,
and stay tuned to see what
happens with Temu tech.
(speaking indistinctly)
- [Matt] I can't get outta the game now.
Noo!
Noo!
(light music)
(all laughing)
- Does it just play the music?
(light music)